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About GreatScopes

Hello, I'm John Lind, the founder of GreatScopes.

In 1996, when we started offering great scopes at great prices, we had no idea how positive the response would be.  All I knew was that people like you and me, from homeschoolers to hobbyists, were looking for something much better than what they could buy at toy and discount stores around town.

Folks wanted quality instruments, with good clear optics, like those being used in High Schools and Universities across the country. And they wanted an honest and fair price, without buying hundreds of scopes like the schools districts do.

Since that time, people from Anchorage to Zephyr Hills have put their trust in GreatScopes.  They haven't been disappointed.  With GreatScopes 30-day, money back guarantee, you can rest assured that you won't be either.

Here are some comments we've received from happy customers:

The microscope is fantastic. Quality of workmanship and performance is clearly evident from the moment you power up and look at something for the first time. To date we have viewed:

Spiders - blood - bottled, tap and aquarium water - green algae - brown algae - pcs. of fruit and fruit peel (orange, apple, banana) - hair - paper - flower petals - Ants - baby teeth

My kids continue to be blown away by it all.

We still have A LOT TO LEARN, but that's half the fun isn't it!

Thanks for a great product, great web site and terrific service. I tell everyone to visit your site now. We know a lot of parents who are as interested as we are in ensuring that we bring science in to the home and not always depend on the school to cover it all.

Warmest regards,

David C.

The microscope I bought was a huge hit for Christmas, I cannot believe how well made this scope is, it is so easy to use, and the eye piece is large enough to reduce eye strain. Thank you again for a great product.

Jay N.

Dr. Richard Wigle

"Love your 'Observer IV' a real quality instrument for the price."

"I appreciate your great customer service.  I'll be sure and recommend your web-site to my fellow home schoolers... It's great to find quality products with great customer service."

"Just wanted to report that I received my Achiever scope and it is even better than I had hoped!  It has a very clear field and is well built, especially for its price.  I keep finding new things to look at in a new way!  Thanks so much!"

"The workmanship is of exceptionally high quality and the purchase price was half what others are charging for lesser quality scopes.  As a homeschooling father of five, I can't tell you how excited the older kids are to start biology now that they have such a superb instrument to work with. The Observer IV sure beats the pants off our old $49.95 Tasco!"

These are real comments, taken from real email that we have on file. We're sure that you will be just as happy with your microscope, in fact, we back that up with our 30-day Money Back Guarantee.

Email us and let us know what you think!